Tag: nanowires

Protection against electromagnetic interference

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Empa researchers have succeeded in applying aerogels to microelectronics: Aerogels based on cellulose nanofibers can effectively shield electromagnetic radiation over a wide frequency range – and they are unrivalled in terms of weight. Electric motors and electronic devices generate electromagnetic fields that sometimes have to be shielded in order not to affect neighboring electronic components Read more about Protection against electromagnetic interference[…]

New record-setting efficiency for the generation of neutrons

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Nuclear fusion, the process that powers our sun, happens when nuclear reactions between light elements produce heavier ones. It’s also happening – at a smaller scale – in a Colorado State University laboratory. Using a compact but powerful laser to heat arrays of ordered nanowires, CSU scientists and collaborators have demonstrated micro-scale nuclear fusion in Read more about New record-setting efficiency for the generation of neutrons[…]

A significant step toward enabling optical quantum information processing on a chip

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The group, from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, has managed to create the building blocks of such a system by integrating artificial atoms (quantum dots) in silicon-based photonic chips. They have generated and filtered single photons on-chip without the use of any external components. The results are presented in an article in the scientific journal Nature Read more about A significant step toward enabling optical quantum information processing on a chip[…]

Wearable electronics will be empowered by a new ultrathin thilm

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A new, ultrathin film that is both transparent and highly conductive to electric current has been produced by a cheap and simple method devised by an international team of nanomaterials researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Korea University. The film is also bendable and stretchable, offering potential applications in roll-up touchscreen displays, Read more about Wearable electronics will be empowered by a new ultrathin thilm[…]